EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC
Riverdale, IL · Parent: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- Total releases
- 5.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 13
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC: how the 5.4M lbs splits
5.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.3M lbs 98.3%
- Air Releases 88.6K lbs 1.6%
- Water Discharges 514 lbs <0.1%
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's 5.4M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Riverdale, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 843.3K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 5.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 399 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC is pounds #13 and chemical-count #50 at 5.4M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Polychemie Inc; Riverdale Plating & Heat Treating LLC; Safety-Kleen Systems; Ardagh Glass Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Charter Steel-Saukville; Nucor Steel-Arkansas; American Cast Iron Pipe Co.; Waupaca Foundry Plant 1. Other Cleveland-Cliffs Inc sites in this extract: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ); Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works; Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.3% off-site transfers) across 13 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Charter Steel-Saukville and Nucor Steel-Arkansas.
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.4M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC: Manganese And Manganese Compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC reports the 54th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese And Manganese Compounds alone is 73.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Charter Steel-Saukville and Nucor Steel-Arkansas.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese And Manganese Compounds at 73.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's total reported releases fell from 989.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 843.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's water releases fell from 124 lb in 2022 to 90 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's off-site transfers fell from 970.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 825.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC's air releases fell from 18.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 42% (1.5M lbs to 843.3K lbs).
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 42% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.5M lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 776.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 1.3M lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 989.5K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 843.3K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 13 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 4.0M lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 944.2K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 158.2K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 69.4K lbs | - |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 68.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 59.6K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 33.5K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 27.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 22.7K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 18.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 14.0K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 11.5K lbs | - |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 6 lbs | - |
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Polychemie Inc, Riverdale Plating & Heat Treating LLC, Safety-Kleen Systems, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Charter Steel-Saukville, Nucor Steel-Arkansas, American Cast Iron Pipe Co..
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC on cumulative reported pounds (5.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (13). Release-pound peers include Duke Energy Progress LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant, Madison Industries, Weston Power Plant. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal, Global Companies LLC, Shell Providence Terminal. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal Guaynabo, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Global Companies LLC Revere, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Shell Providence Terminal Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Sig Sauer Inc Newington, NH · Fabricated Metals 13 chemicals
Other Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ), Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Polychemie Inc. Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese And Manganese Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Riverdale, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 8.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Duke Energy Progress LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant (Δ 5.8K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cleveland-Cliffs Riverdale LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese And Manganese Compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov